RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 3050)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 3050)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Otacilia Severa (Augusta)
Issue LϚ = year 6
Dating AD 248/9
Obverse inscription Μ ωΤ ϹΕΟΥΗΡΑ ϹΕ Μ ϹΕΒ
Edition Μαρκία Ὠτακιλία Σεουῆρα Σεβαστὴ μήτηρ Σεβαστοῦ Μ(αρκία) Ὠτ(ακιλία) Σεουῆρα Σε(βαστὴ) μ(ήτηρ) Σεβ(αστοῦ)
Translation Marcia Otacilia Severa Augusta mother of the Augustus
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Otacilia Severa, right
Reverse inscription L - Ϛ
Edition ἔτους ϛʹ (ἔτους) ϛʹ
Translation of year 6
Reverse design serpent (Uraeus) erect, right, crowned with disc and horns, coiled around sistrum, facing serpent (Agathodaemon) erect, left, crowned with skhent, coiled around caduceus and stalk of corn; below, palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 19.36 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 5014; Geissen 2778
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    L: 1950,1006.229 BMC Supp. 3256
    P: 3308
    NY: 1944.100.67159
    Cologne Geissen 2778
    CNG EA 513, 6 Apr. 2022, lot 313 = NBS WA 7, 18 July 2021, lot 466
    D 5014
    ✸ P. Matthijs coll. = Elsen 127, 5 Dec. 2015, lot 542